DronE ye Imaging, LLC 5127 S 200 W Trafalgar, IN 46181

UAS Integration Office Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20591
March 2, 2016

Re: Re: Docket FAA

- 2015

- 1401 , Petition for Amendment to Exemption No. 11957 Dear Madam, Sir : DronE ye Imaging, LLC received FAA Exemption No. 11957 on 6/30/2015 authorizing DronEye Imaging under section 333 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to operate one or several unmanned aircraft system s (“UAS”) for various comm ercial purposes. In this present petition for an amendment to Ex emption No. 11957 , DronEye Imaging seeks to add the Tarot 680 Pro UAS for the same purposes. The Tarot 680 Pro is a multirotor (hexacopter) raircraft weighing up to a max of 10 pounds, including payload (camera and battery). It has the ability to operate under normal conditions at a speed of no more than 50 mph and has the capability to hover and move in the vertical and horizontal plane simultaneously . The sUAS will operate onl y in the pilo t’s or observer’s visual line of sight at all times. It is controlled by a Pixhawk flight controller. The 680 Pro can be operated up to a wind threshold of 35 miles per hour (mph), with gusts up to 55. Additionally , it is equipped with GPS and ground stati on equipment, which allows the operator to pre
-program designated flight paths, respecting defined no fl y zones, legal flight ranges and altitude ceilings so the s ystem cannot enter areas deemed unsafe or unnecessary to fl yover. The 680 Pro maintains the ability to take full manual control at any time during semi or autonomous flight. If communication is lost with the control transmitter, regardless of semi or autonomous flight modes, the on board flight controller will immediately start a return
- to
- home procedure and arrive at the original source point of lift off. The same return to home feature is also configured for low battery levels and wind thresholds that exceed limits during the planned flight. Should battery

become critically

low during flight, the sUAS will begin a self landing procedure, while its GPS will remain online to transmit telemetry data for recovery

. All flight operations are global positioning s ys tem (GPS) controlled, making the s ys tem easy to navigate. At any point if the operator is not explicitly commanding the s ys tem to move, the system automatically

holds its GPS position. The flight control system employs, not only GPS positioning,but a variety of sensors including sonar, barometric pressure, temperature, wind speed and others to ensure stability

so long as wind thresholds are not exceeded. Also a flight termination link

– to prevent a “fl y away” or other potentially dangerous situation

– is available to the operator. Preflight checks of the UAS will be exactly the same as th e other approved UAS on DronEye Imaging’s section 333 Exemption and operations of the UAS will be done in the exact same manner as the other existing UAS on our Exemption

. DronE ye Imaging, LLC , will comply with all of the conditions and limitations imposed in Exemption 11957 ex cept that condition number 1 should be revised to include the Tarot 680 Pro UAS. O ther than these revisions, there will be no change in the conditions and reasons relative to public safety that were the basis for the initial grant of exemption. Because the requested amendment would not set any p recedent or otherwise raise any novel issue (the Tarot 680 Pro has been approved on other Exemptions and Amendments), and because DronE ye Imaging seeks to begin these operations without delay , DronEye Im aging respectfull y requests the FAA to determine that good cause exists to dispense with publication of the summary of this petition in the Federal Register and grant the requested amendment as quickly as possible. Thank you for your consideration of this petition. Sincerel y, Brian A. Pfaehler Co

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